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Soldiers and civilians prepare to enter the ancient city of Babylon, Iraq, for a tour. The entrance to the ruins is a reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate. German archeologists dismantled the original gate -- built by Nebuchadnezzar II in 575 B.C. and dedicated to Ishtar, the goddess of love and war -- in the early 20th century and reconstructed it in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Sgt. Debralee Best.
The Great Ziggurat of Ur was completed in the 21st century B.C. and is located near the present-day city of Al-Nasiriyah on the Euphrates River, about 370 km (225 mi) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. It was part of a temple complex that served as an administrative center for the city, and it was also a shrine of the moon god Nanna, the patron deity of the city.
The Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq, as seen through the archway of a side building. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Staff Sgt. Adelita Mead.
Close view of the Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq, showing some of the architectural details. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Spc. Chastity Boykin.
View looking up the main stairway of the Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Spc. Samantha Ciaramitaro.
View of one of the stairways at the Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Pfc. J. P. Lawrence.
The Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq, viewed from a Black Hawk helicopter. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Spc. Ernest Sivia III.
Aerial view of the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra, Iraq, located approximately 290 km (180 mi) northwest of Baghdad. Hatra was a strongly fortified caravan city and capital of the small Kingdom of Hatra in the second century A.D., located between the Parthian and Roman Empires. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense / Sgt. 1st Class Wendy Butts.
The remains of several temples and the ancient walls that surrounded them can be seen from the top of the highest temple in the center of the ancient city of Hatra, Iraq. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense.
A view of the Hatra archeological site in Iraq. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Staff Sgt. JoAnn Makinano.
The Parthian Temple of Mrn is one of thirteen temples at the Hatra complex in Iraq. Photo courtesy of the US Department of Defense/ Staff Sgt. JoAnn Makinano.
Halamata Cave is an archaeological site near Duhok in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. It contains Assyrian relief carvings (known as the Maltai reliefs) that date back to the reign of Assyrian King Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.) and depict the ruler worshipping divinities.
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